Introduction No fewer than 100 counties and municipalities across the nation have passed anti-immigrant housing ordinances (AIHOs) that are designed to expel or discourage undocumented immigrants from living in their communities.[1] The most infamous of these municipal ordinances, Hazleton, Pennsylvania’s Illegal Immigration Relief Act Ordinance (IIRA), was passed in 2006.[2] In addition to Hazleton-style IIRAs,
Introduction The law of eminent domain in New York is an area characterized by its lack of clarity. How cities and municipal corporations operate within the limitation imposed by the phrase “public use” is a particularly complicated area. Recently, they have begun to assert a more expansive interpretation of this phrase, following the national trend